Auscultation Direct

Auscultation direct Auscultatio recta. Examination of the patient by listening to pulmonary and cardiac murmurs and sounds using a stethoscope or phonendoscope, which are placed against the chest wall or, respectively, installed above the first rib to the right of the sternum. Using special techniques, you can hear noises in the projection of the heart (upper torso, epigastrium), organs of the chest cavity (diaphragm, pericardium, lungs). Determination of the height of heart sounds, etc.

There are several main positions in which auscultation of the heart is performed:

- the patient’s sitting position (optimal position); - position of the patient lying on his back; - position of the patient on the left side.